How about XML includes via external ENTITY references?:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE project [
<!ENTITY common SYSTEM "file:common.xml">
]>
<project name="..." default="build" basedir="." >
...
&common; <!-- include common targets and property defs -->
...
</project>
This does have the unfortunate effect of rendering line numbers reported
by Ant in verbose mode essentially useless, though.
Vlad.
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Subject: Re: including a file of general targets
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Sven C. Koehler wrote:
> Being used to GNU make et al., I wonder whether it is possible to write
> a build file with general targets and variable definitions, which is
> included by (supposably many) other build files, that in most cases only
> select on of the already defined target and set some variables.
Yes, it can be done. I've done a build system that can handle a new
project typically with just a few property files and file lists.
However, the more you want to avoid XML coding per project, the more
complex the general build file will become.
//Mikko
